Vinquoy Chambered Cairn

Vinquoy Chambered Cairn
Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0

Vinquoy Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland. Built in the early third millennium BC, it dates to approximately 3000-2500 BC [1]. The tomb is similar in design to Maeshowe, a famous Neolithic tomb on Mainland Orkney [1]. The monument was designated as a scheduled ancient monument by Historic Environment Scotland in 1936 [1]. The cairn represents the prehistoric funerary practices of the Orkney islands.

TypeCairn
Period3000 - 1500 BC
CountryScotland
Coordinates59.2273° N, 2.7725° W

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